§ 64. Mr. Haymanasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a statement on the decline in the manufacture of butter in Cornwall.
§ Mr. Scott-HopkinsThere has been a general decrease in butter production over the country as a whole this year, due mainly to the effects of the severe winter and cold late spring on milk production. Production in Cornwall during the first ten months of 1963 is estimated at about 4,000 tons, compared with about 5,000 tons and 4,500 tons in the comparable periods of 1962 and 1961. However, Cornwall's share of total production in England and Wales has increased from about 12 per cent, in 1962 to nearly 13 per cent, in 1963.